Key-ring



- V. DAVIS.

KEY RING.

APPLICATION FILED. SEPT. 30, I918.

Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

citizen of the United States, residing in the .-city, county, and State of New Y orlnhave DAVIQ OFlN-EW i EY-nine.

Toall whom it may concern. 7 p Be it known that I, VIRGINIA DAvIs, a.

invented certain new and useful Improvements in Key-Rings, of which the following is a specification. 1

' v form a supplemental ring, each of said ends c This invention is an improvement in key rings of that type on which a bunch ofkeys may be carried, but which eni body supplemental means for separately carrying one or more keys "which it is desired to have quickly accessible, such as a night'key, f Vith the foregoing objectin view, th.e 1n V rention, from a structural standpo nt, and in its preferred form, embodies a main, 13121111 from the junction endsofthe ring, to jointly 270 degrees and flattened, for the greater part of its length, into a xhalf roundso as to bebrought into lappingrelation with the f other end, thus maintaining the material of the supplemental. ring'in round, crosssectional area. v p V Y Features of the invention, other than those specified, willbe apparent from the hereinafter detailed description, takenvincon-,

junction with the accompanying drawings. In the accompanying drawlngs, l have illustrated one practical form of the 1nvento be understood as illustrative only and not as defining the limits of the invention.

:Referring to the" drawing, t Figure 1 is-a perspective view ofvthe -.invention,' showing. 'a plurality of' keys ring; and

Fig. 3 shows a plan view of the separate fromthe. keys. p Referring tothe drawing, the. ma1n ring is designated l and the supplementalaring 2. Thematerial'from which the device-is constructed is preferably wire, roundin cross section, and as wire can be readily and veconomically manipulated bycontinw' ously operating'machinery, it enables the key ring of the present invention, composed as 'mum cost for labor. V Theends, 3, l af the wlre,-extending from the parting, point-'5 of the mainidng, are I "the supplemental ring 2.

s ecificat on of Letters Patent. Patented Mar. '16, 1920. hppl ication file dlSeptemherSO, 1918. semijuo. 256,161.

it is of a single piece of-wire, to be manui-J 'factured in large quantities, out of mate 'I'litl i'of' relatively low cost, and at .a mimi each preferably-curved, as shown, into an' 'arc of substantially270 degrees,although v the exactex'tent of;tpe1 curve is not neces- 'sarily, of importance; and thegi'nner face .1 is

6 of end wire'B is flattened for-a substan tial portion of itsflength, and thel juxtaposed face 57 of end wire l. is' similarly flattened,; see Fig.2. The parts may there by he brought into lapping relation and 7 thus form'a split ring WhiclupreferalbIy, is ring of wire, each end of which is extendechfl circular in cross section, therebymaintailr rings.

he shank between the -rings": may i desired length, though it is prefers ably no longer than'is necessary or desirable to permit of the ends "being'bentto $011111 is clearly apparent fromv Fig. 2, a'ndthis is accompli'shed'iso easily and expeditiously to'be avery important advantage in -the present ringv over those heretofore con structed. One simply takes the -.device in p j one hand and with the thumb .fingei tion, but the constructlon shown thereln 1ssimply presses the leave's of the supplemental ring apart, whereupon a key maybe readily inserted into the "ring, and thereafter, if desired, passed through the shank on to-the main ring. It will be understood'that the term ring as used hereinis not restricted to the'fconvei1tio nal,-=round ring, but is intended to include any desired shape or configuration which will perform thefunctions of a round ring, i i

malchanges maybe madein the specific structure herein described without. depart ing from the spirit or substance of themventio'n, the scope of which is conunensurate with the appended claim.

The manner :of inserting 'keys in the ring It will be understood that slight, orfor- Havingthus fully describedmy invention, n what I :claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is} y q As a new article of manufacture, akey wire and embodying a pair of loops one of which is split to allow of the positioning of g1 key thereon, and said loops being connected. by a shank em boclying parallel portions of the Wire normally maintained in engagement 2 A i l 7 1,333,655

of the loops but adapted to he sprung apart to allow of the passage of a key from the split loop through the shank ancl into the 10 other loop.

. In testimony whereof I have signed lny name to this speoifi with one another by the resiliency of one U cation.

VIRGINIA DAVIS 

